Editing 1 (Beatles album) (section)

==Background==
''1'' was compiled by producer [[George Martin]] and former band members [[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]] and [[Ringo Starr]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-beatles-1/|title=How the Beatles Compiled Their Biggest Hits on '1'|last=Reiff|first=Corbin|date=13 November 2015|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034322/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-beatles-1/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The album contains the 27 Beatles songs that went to number one in the United Kingdom on the ''[[Record Retailer]]'' Top 50 chart or in the United States on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. Despite Harrison's "[[For You Blue]]" charting at number 1 on ''Billboard'', along with the A-side "[[The Long and Winding Road]]",<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|date=June 20, 1970|page=60|issn=0006-2510  }}</ref> Capitol Records treated "For You Blue" as strictly a B-side and did not promote it as an A-side. "[[Day Tripper]]" was included on ''1'' since it charted at number 1 in the UK as a double A-side with "[[We Can Work It Out]]", while in the US, only "We Can Work It Out" was number 1. Two singles written by [[John Lennon]] and released in both the UK and US were omitted as they did not top either the ''Record Retailer'' chart or the ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" and "[[Strawberry Fields Forever]]". The former was the Beatles' first UK number one single in all British charts except ''Record Retailer'', reaching the top spot in the music magazines ''[[New Musical Express]]'', ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and ''[[Disc (magazine)|Disc]]''. "Strawberry Fields Forever" was part of a double A-side single with "[[Penny Lane]]", which reached the top spot in ''Melody Maker'' and peaked at number 2 in the other UK charts, behind [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]'s "[[Release Me (1946 song)|Release Me]]"; while in the US, "Penny Lane" topped the charts, but "Strawberry Fields Forever" did not as it was listed separately. The compilation was created before the release of the single "[[Now and Then (Beatles song)|Now and Then]]", which would later chart at number 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-10 |title=The Beatles' Now And Then is UK's Official Number 1 song in record-breaking return |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/beatles-now-then-number-1-song-record/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref>

The album is a combination of both the US and UK versions of the 1982 compilation ''[[20 Greatest Hits (Beatles album)|20 Greatest Hits]]'', with the addition of "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" (which was left off ''20 Greatest Hits'' because of time constraints).{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} On ''1'', "[[Hey Jude]]" was included in its original full-length version (slightly over seven minutes), whereas the American version of ''20 Greatest Hits'' contained a shortened version.

===Remastering===
Before ''1'', all 27 songs were mainly available on two remastered CD releases: firstly on the respective Beatles studio albums released in 1987 (as well as ''[[Past Masters]], Volume One'' and ''[[Past Masters]], Volume Two'', released in 1988). The second remastering was made available on the CD versions for ''[[1962–1966]]'' and ''[[1967–1970]]'', released in 1993.

The songs on ''1'' were remastered specifically for the release in 2000. According to the liner notes of the album, the original analogue masters were "digitally remastered at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16-bit using Prism SNS Noise Shaping". The remastering was overseen by [[Peter Mew]] of [[Abbey Road Studios]] and took place there.<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=1 - [[The Beatles]] |year=2000 |type=CD liner/case |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |id=CDP 7243 5 29325 2 8 |isbn=978-1-884409-49-3}}</ref> In 2011, ''1'' was remastered and reissued on CD. In 2015 it was remastered again and remixed by [[Giles Martin]]; when Martin began to assist with fixing up the audio tracks for the ''1+'' video clips, he realised that his goal of making them "more immersive" should also apply to ''1''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/11/11/giles-martin-beatles-remasters/|title=Giles Martin details the Beatles' remasters that make you 'feel closer to the band than you ever did before'|last=Renner Brown|first=Eric|date=11 November 2015|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112524/http://ew.com/article/2015/11/11/giles-martin-beatles-remasters/|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> For the remixing project, Martin commented: "The remasters went back to these final mix tapes and remastered them. They cleaned them up and then they EQ-ed them and released them. What we're doing is remixing. We're going not to the final mix, we're creating our own mixes."<ref name=":1" /> About his remixing approach, Martin said: "My approach was to be respectful of everything, I had sessions and sessions where I flipped between previously remastered stereos, the mono remasters, and the remixes we've done. I flip between everything and make sure I prefer what we've done."<ref name=":1" />

===Package===
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The package of ''1'' was intended to be simplistic and ambitious at the same time. Its cover was designed by Rick Ward,<ref name="notes"/> and consists of a [[pop art]]-style yellow number one on a red background. The emphasis on the ''1'' digit was used on many of the compilations of number-one hits by different artists that followed this album; for example, ''[[ELV1S]]'' by [[Elvis Presley]] and ''[[Number Ones (Bee Gees album)|Number Ones]]'' by the [[Bee Gees]]. The album's back cover features the famous photos of the Beatles taken by [[Richard Avedon]] and copyrighted on 17 August 1967.<ref name="notes"/> The design exclusively uses variations of the [[Helvetica]] [[typeface]].

''1'' was released worldwide in CD and cassette.<ref name="cassette">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Beatles-1/release/2164407|title=The Beatles – ''1'' (Cassette)|publisher=Discogs |access-date=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043713/https://www.discogs.com/Beatles-1/release/2164407|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The vinyl format was released only in the United Kingdom. The CD includes a 32-page booklet with a coloured page with international picture covers (a total of 163 covers are displayed on the whole booklet) and details (recording date, location, release date, chart stats) for each of the singles. It also includes on its first two pages a collage with 27 1s in different colours (all of them following the same art as the cover) with the sentence "27 No. 1 singles = ''1''" (which was used as a catch phrase for the promo ads for the album), and a foreword by George Martin.

The LP and cassette keep the main art of the CD version, but in a different form.<ref name="cassette"/> The double vinyl record version was not released in the US, but the imported British edition was available. The vinyl version features a large full-colour fold-out poster showing 126 picture sleeves (37 fewer than on the CD), and reproductions of the four Richard Avedon photos. The Avedon portraits also appear on the inside of the gate-fold cover. The records have custom labels featuring the same graphics as the front cover and are packaged in custom inner sleeves. The deluxe packaging of the vinyl album, with its four portraits and poster, is reminiscent to that of [[The Beatles (album)|their titular 1968 album]]. The cassette included a 20-page insert, including the collage, the George Martin commentary and paged Avedon's portraits on its inlay and the whole description for the tracks as a total of 36 covers on its inlay reverse.